The head of a rebel group is now the head of Syria. How will he lead a country destroyed by civil war and sectarianism? NPR found clues in a region in northern Syria, where he governed for years.

WITH a Nazi grandfather guilty of crimes against humanity, controversial German politician Beatrix von Storch knows only too ...

At the heart of transforming Syria must be the development and safeguarding of women’s rights. This will prove a revealing lens through which to measure the sincerity of HTS’s professed reforms.

U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has said that formation of a “new inclusive government” in Damascus by March 1 ...

As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the ...

Last week his officials announced a seven-person “preparatory” committee, charged with planning a national conference where a new constitution will be discussed. Critics say it is dominated by ...

The Damascus neighborhood of the man who has been leading Syria's new caretaker government celebrates his new role and ...

I have just returned from a week in Syria with the British-Syrian diaspora, who have done much over the past 12 years to keep ...

While Syrians around the world are celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, they are still cautious about what comes next.

After two weeks of relentless rain, Beirut awoke to a sunny day for the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Rafic Hariri ...

Israel will keep troops in five locations in Lebanon, defying a ceasefire agreement that came into effect in November.